Here's an interesting article on a new worry. (Incidentally, US political figure James Baker is calling for attention to global warming. About time.)

Ozone Layer Could Develop Hole over Britain, Scientists Warn
    By Geoffrey Lean
    The Independent U.K.

    Sunday 06 March 2005

"Destruction of protective gas means greater risk of skin cancer and cataracts. Geoffrey Lean reports.
    "Scientists will tomorrow fly a spy plane high into the world's protective ozone layer, amid increasing fears that it may be about to develop a hole over Britain and northern Europe.

    "The old Russian Cold War plane will take off from near Munich in a EU-funded mission to check reports that the stratosphere over the northern hemisphere faces rapid ozone destruction over the next few weeks. If the hole developed, people living under it would be at increased risk of skin cancer and cataracts, the main cause of blindness."

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